Cigar-lighter.



Patented June I7, |902.

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CIGAB LIGHTER (Appucacion mea June 2s, 1901.)

(No Model.)

w/T/vEssEs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. KESSLER, OF AUBURN, IYNDINA.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No; 702,458, dated June 17, 1902.

` Application filed me 28, 1901.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known thatl, WILLIAM F. KEssLER, a citizen of the United States,` residing at Auburn, in the countyof Dekalb, in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Lighters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar-lighters.

The object of my present invention is to pro vide a cheap, simple, and efficient cigarlighter, in which the flame normally burns very 10W in an annular air-chamber when not in use and in which the wick-tube has an automatic vertical adjustment, whereby the flame is elevated out of said air-chamber to enable it to burn at full height when in use by the `normal use of the lighter, after which the adjustable wick-tube automatically resumesits normal position by gravity.

My invention consists of a pivotally-suspended bracket, in the lower end of which is pivotally mounted a lamp consisting of a hollowlhandle containingthe fluid fuel and provided upon its upperend with a vertically-adjustable burner-tube and a pivotally suspended sleeve carrying a dame-shield having an air-chamber within which the flame is normally contained. l y,

The principal novel feature of myaimprovementresides in the relative arrangementot the vertically-movable wick-tube and the containing iame-shield, whereby the regulation of the said flame is secured by the ordinary use of the lighter. l

In the accompanying drawings similar reference-numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which* Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved lighter` pivotally suspended from a supportingstandard broken away in part,and also showing in dotted outline the relative position of the lamp when in use with the wicktube in the uppermost limit of its adjustment. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the lamp broken away in part to show certain details of con- Serial No. 66,377. (No model.)

struction,the upper limitof the movable wicktube being shown in dotted outline. Fig. Sis a similar view of a modified form of the lamp. Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the dame-shield. Figs. 6, '7, andS illustrate modified means for elevating the vertically-movable wick-tube. Fig. 9 is a perspective detail of Fig. 6,with the lever 28 at its upper limit.

` Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the hanger-bracket 1 of any proper form is pivotally suspended from the upright supporting-bracket 2 of any proper form,`preferably by means of the pin 3 in the lug 4 and the bifurcated lug 5. Between the lower ends of the `bracket 1 is pivotally suspended my improved lamp by means of the diametrically opposite screws 6, which are fixed in the sides of the sleeve 7. Y This sleeve has a longitudinal slot 8 at or near its lower end andis surmountedby a removable flame-shield 9, hereinafter described.I The Areceptacle for the burning fluid consists of a hollow handle 10 of common form, in the top of which is mounted by a screw-threaded connection the burner tube 11, in the Venlarged lower end 12,0f which is fixed a pin or set-screw 13, arranged in the said slot 8 of the sleeve 7, thereby preventing any rotary movement of the saidwick-tnbe in said sleeve and also limiting the vertical movement'of the'wick-tube to the length of the said slot. The oil-receptacle 10 and its sui-mounted wick-tube are suspended by the pin 13 from the lower end of the said slot 8. The upper reduced end 140i' the wick-tube is provided `at a suitable point with the fixed ash-cap 15 `for the purpose hereinafter described. On the upper end of the said sleeve 7 is rigidly mounted by a screw-threaded connection the said upright conical flame-shield 9, consisting of an integral internally-screw-threaded collar 9', a base-plate 16, Fig/1, having a central opening 17, through which the reduced portion 1li of the wick-tube passes loosely, an open-topped tubular cap 1S, havinga perforated bottom 19, provided with a central opening 20, in which the upper end of the wicktube is loosely mounted and whichforms a guide therefor, and a plurality of spider-arms 21, uniting the cap 18 to the base of the shield 9. The base of this flame-shield has a plurality of radial upturned lugs 23, adapted to holdingly engage the base of a proper glass IOO globe 24 in a well-understood manner. The upper edge of this globe whenk in position is slightly above the upper end of the said inclosed shield. The said ash-cap 15 is so arranged on the wick-tube as to barely come into contact with the base-plate of the said liame-shield when the wick-tube is supported in its lowest limit by the screw 13, resting in the lower end of the slot 8, thereby shielding the opening 17 about the wick-tube against the accidental entrance of cigar-ashes or other foreign matter. wick-tube normally rests a proper distance below the upper edge of the cap 18 to admit of maintaining a small iame from the wick 22 entirely-within the said cap when the lamp isin its normal position, as shown in Fig. 2.

While the preferred connection between the sleeve 7 and the vertically-movable handle 10 consists of the guide-slot 8 and the pin 13 therein, it is obvious that various other means can readily be employed for that purpose without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, which consists in such a coperative union between the flame-shield and the lighter-handle that the free end of the wicktube will be automatically elevated above the said shield by the normal use of the lighter.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modiiied means for automatically elevating the wick-tube above the flame-shield, consisting of a hand-lever 25, pivotally mounted in the apertured lugs 26 and having its outwardly-curved and apertured upper end 26 pivotally connected to the said shield by means of the rod 27, whose opposite ends are pivotally connected to the said shield and lever, respectively, in any suitable manner. In this construction the sleeve 7 and the dame-shield have a vertical movement instead of the handle 10, and when the operator grasps the said handle to elevate it into position for use, as shown by dotted outline in Fig. 3, he necessarily compresses the lever 25 into the position shown in Fig. 3, by which operation the sleeve 7 and the shield 9 will be lowered on the Wick-tube sufficiently to permit a proper projection of the said wicktube. As soon as the operator releases his hold all the operative parts will promptly resume their normal position by gravity. Instead of thus connecting the handle 10 directly to the dame-shield the hanger-bracket may be pivotally connected to the wick-tube,`

as shown in Fig. 6, in which construction one lower end of the bracket l is pivotally connec-ted to the sleeve 7 at any suitable point, as before, while the other end thereof passes through a suitable opening in the said sleeve and has its bent end pivotally connected at one end of a short lever-arm 28, whose opposite end is pivoted on the reduced portion 14 of the wick-tube. This lever-arm is normally in the position shown in Fig. 6, with its free end pointing downwardly; but when the operator raises the handle into position for use it will swing laterally into the position shown in Fig. 9, thereby elevating the wick-tube.

The upper entrance of the- When the operator releases his hold, the lever 28 will resume its normal position by gravity.

Another modified means for elevating the Wick-tube is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, which consists of a small gearwheel 29, loosely mounted on the same pin 30 that pivotally secures one of the bracket arms 1. This gear-wheel is in mesh with a suitable rackbar 3l on the said wick-tube. Elevating the handle 10 in use, as described, will so rotate the said wheel as to lower the inclosing sleeve 7, thereby raising the upper end of the tube 14 out of the same shield.

The operation of my invention is obvious and, brieiiy stated, is as follows: When-theupper end of the wick 22 is lighted and the wick-tube is permitted to resume its lowest limit by gravity, the blaze will be so reduced in height as to be confined within the cap 18 of the shield 9, the small perforations 32 of the bottom 19 in connection with the annular air-space about the extremity of the wicktube within the cap 18 affording ample ventilation to keep the ame alive. operator desires to light a cigar he seizes the When the pivoted handle and in raising itto nearly a horizontal position to bring the ilame into a convenient position he automatically elevates the wick-tube to its uppermost limit, thereby raising the flame entirely out of the inclosing cap 18 and permitting it to blaze up to its full height and above the globe 24.

The operator then releases his hold and permits the handle 10 and the wick-tube to resume their normal position by gravity, after which the flame will again burn low within the cap 18, as before.

Obviously my improved lighter can be conveniently employed for a night-lamp and any ordinary fluid fuel can be used, such as gasolene, coal-oil, or alcohol.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A cigar-lighter consisting of a pivoted hanger-bracket; a sleeve pivotally suspended in said bracket; a wick-tube suspended in said sleeve and adapted for a limited vertical movement therein; a hollow handle removably mounted on the lower end of said wicktube; a ventilated flame-shield mounted on the upper end of the said sleeve and adapted to normally maintain the flame in the interior thereof.

2. In a cigar -lighter a pivoted hangerbracket; a supporting-sleeve pivotally suspended from said bracket; a wick-tube movably mounted in said sleeve; an oil-receptacle handle removably mounted on the lower end of said wick-tube; a flame-shield mounted on the upper end of said sleeve provided upon its upper end with a ventilated air-chamber within which a small flame is normally maintained.

3. In a cigar-lighter the combination of a sleeve slidably connected with the said wick- IIO tube; a ame-shield mounted on the upper end of the said sleeve having an open-topped and ventilated chamber adapted to normally maintain a low flame therein and means for operating the said slidable sleeve.

4. In a pivotedcigar-lighter a pivotallysuspended sleeve; a wick-tube slidably mounted Within said sleeve; means for so connecting the said sleeve and Wick-tube that the Wick tube will be automatically elevated Within said sleeve by the act of raising the lighter to the normal position for lighting a cigar, and will resume its normal position in said sleeve by gravity; and a llame-shield mounted on said sleeve Within which a small 15 llame is normally maintained.

Signed by me at Auburn, county of Dekalb, in the State of Indiana, this 25th day of June, A. D. 1901.

WILLIAM F. KESSLER.

Witnesses:

ADELAIDEf KEARNS, AUeUS'rA VIBERG. 

